According to Acts 8:1 he was present when Stephen was stoned and approved of his condemnation; and Stephen had rejected the temple cultus, maintaining that the Jewish people had killed the prophets and «the righteous one» (Acts 7:52). (religion-online.org)
In Hebrews 2:17 and 4:14 - 16 the Jewish cultus of the temple is brought to mind and Christ is seen as the supreme sacrifice which assuages God's anger and enables us to come before Him. (religion-online.org)
In quality the future is of a piece with the present: «now» embraces tomorrow and tomorrow3 — in all of which, appropriate response to the confessional knowledge of meaning in history is faithful participation in the Yahweh cultus. (religion-online.org)